, 1887-06-09

TET .t.'E-. .sE-E r.--
Tlc Thunder -i.d

whose wings ....-.-.- -.. -r..-.t.- ....r
the bal,- II .sr.. .......-. -...-- ...-- ..s
ItS month =. XIII .f.. -.--..-.. s..r.-.- e...E.
ar. the lI-Lr...-.- I'll. -r.-...-.....l
some other ,r.h.-. .,-.v.- --,,.,...-..
this T. BE- p ,-r-ar T,.T..r .- ---,..-.-
natural L.5.y r.r.. -..- f-. r-... D.. r.
e-t !uoun,asr-. Lis f.....s ,..-.--.--.- -
whales. WI.D fa.r.4... f-..f .....-.--.-
on q yrs., ,-.,,..r.. -...-.5. -..-. -
birds La.f. q r.-~ - ,....- r.,....
wings. and a Fa.t..,. ...r-. -s-.- o.. T..
hodv. and .r.r-.l IL ,-.-.- b.. -
the ligbtuigl, f-a v-...... .t..-..r.-,...-
sembIes tho 80. T.r-.. Ff.-r..-' ,r1a-
forth and ~rr.,, h.. .....= .. .-L.T. L.,
dart. dow H. I;,,f.-r.-,..- - --'. =.
body. wl;.I. D.. H.. ....'....l ...--
rie, +, Li- IL g..-.--...f..-' -
ever. he s-r;l-ss =, 49,. - = ~
dom a man
For or l...,-.l-.E.-. f., ,.....r ...
;bi, bird VIC ara f,.7!.,.,'7 ~ -.
" II Dan D-r,..- Or. .-. ~ I
Deans Ia H.. ..Ir,c,.-..--. ,,--.'.-.,.
ier, :, ReI'cr-.f.... -. j,.-i'.. d..
pacific :: ..r4 80. H.. ~ ..r.. .,.. -.
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>.HaEab Tr5-.r- p. ..+.4 ~. -.
in Was6.Trtry, .f,,,r.;-....--..
The oyTT7y - tGa ~. ....rr.-.-
to Mr. STsn = 49,, H.. H.. o.
halls and CbiUool, Tn5fan- f-a- fl
lows. ..Aros 400. IN. .,lI r,,... r...-rs,j
Too-lux. or the s,ntb wind ,ya-I.
travelling north ua- an ,II ,r.,nr'r
named Ouoots-L,oi VII, w. rr.
oDress c,. ,,iants-- Fl. I'll I,.... f.,r
food whe6 sIa ,,.va linn =. Y-- ,.I
linz him tIat sba EaI nrtI.fr,. =. ont
and he must 60 and t,-, 70 ee,7.Il -ar'r
fish. He acc1rliuoIv drsooa.l -Ia
net and snccaa.laI IN r,tSEi,r ,Io
pramnus or n tho Tr',IraTs caIlaJ =
a little whale Tnis La W .hort -
cut with b;s Init ,-Ic,, 10 Ia
woman rriaI ort ~ him :, taf-o =
sborD ebaII ma no, - ant 49, 81,
crosswsvs bnt enIit i do,rT 10 I,anI-
He without oivincr he'd IN vIat ~
said emf tha fisL .7cr0ss +bo 10 oIJ
was abont to take off rinco -, ~ iI,,LI ,Ii->
her. hut fbe fish irnrIa1iotsIv cLarg,od
into an imynnnea LiT5 tIat ~ 2,
inc comnInteIy obscTT,,a6 tbo eI,,, "a
the noisa mad Inv lie vine gLnri.
the eartSv Tbev oiso adJ fTot IL
fbnp6ar L;rd a. 10 a. 49,, - - - -
on tho +o,, Of tbo Go5nol,ooI- -,
tain near the Columbia river where
it laid a nest full of eous II was
followed bv the ciantass- who found
them, whereupon she beoan to breaI,
and eat them. and from these man
kind. or at least the CbebaIis and
Chinook tribes were nrolucad
As to the cause of thunder arnouo
these tribes. Mr.. Swan SAYS thqf
when q youno Girl reaches woman
hood, she has to 90 tbrouob a mo
cess of purifcation which Iasfs =
month. Amono other nusfor,e NJ fI,is
time. If there Is q scutbvzc-t ,,ir5
with signs of rain, she must on no
account go ont doors else thn sautL-
west wind is So offended that ha will
send the thunder bird. who tben nv
SHAKING his wines caIaas fba tLuTy
der and from his, e,,ag 90,
forth the flashes of lio,htnii,g &
far as Mr. Swan kneyy aTaTv th3ndor-
storm which occnrnd ,vbrIa Ia Tvnd
at Shoalwater Bay. tbre,, vea-s was
attributed by the Indians In tLis
cause. that is. to osomo oirI disoLovinr,
this law.
sUpERsrIrIoys.
Tba ludlow. orc ,-o,.,. e,,-.,.-.:.:.--
IN raoord - '1,'i,GlS.i'.I.-s I'l"I In
g tbeII oar ,oIHol fatI' '-i'''
~ IT, ."n - Sf f = "a tIJ ;iI tet'ouei' M ooue
at,,.oI Pi',al.n, -, - "i4' 80 Do VI ." Dsi
NaEah TnJian NJ I'D -, -, -
s;oIt = L. it.3In nndr,S Suo ~ naI i-i zen very
- - - LaGio+,ag 80 a 2-tI-r,.Q'i, anu
49, d =, voc Del-orou % oo,i Touis' iiot iecoN-
NJ. a. - ~ '-io uIt' say
- IL ~, ~ u . nioIA iieLi py, ,.S 'na
VIZ Sneie ne te''II .,l Z Iu7tl'is' "iii:h
fooa t,;,i' ~; III. Iia. Iltt-' NJ '.'' -,Is
49, Lo ea "t.n LIS Oi'lLi.-et pms oi'
o ,r 20" a |" iIrei zen mean nilL' apL''ie-i'iy
oconr5; S W tLIm .i ~ ooiII,''lii2, diiu
W s 'tio - lii,'.'l4I' !. Di'I ~"
- ~ . PiTTe M u oGtio dDouI tiiie5 iiiciieS
I;an; - no =, ile'n''H s ed ~ us, De
la 81 H., . III 80 -, % ',io tI 'T'''i.'eI
1na,ou, 80 tit iit " W. 'o-'' =! tne Ii.'Ii'.n
Lir, ~, t1 ~ 90 a iie''eoiiIe '5'Siit 10
IN. MS 1"ii'lliioIS' or suafdi an
~, ~, - .tliL ouie MN. 1t was ilct tlia'
ne uia LeEoVet very qu!ckiy' perhaps
iniousn tile ellect OF MS Imagining
i@hcoiclne; @ 1t may Hso nave Dtea
dropped there by the raven.
works in Port Townsend a nrn,har
of rockets bursting, showed fiery ser
pents. These the Indians believed
belonged to the thunder bird. and
offered large sums for pieces Of the
animal. They told Mr.. Swan they
would give two-hundred dollars for a
backbone of one.
A Quinaielt Indian ones professed
to have obtained a feather OF one OF
these birds He said he saw one Of
them light, and creeping up softly.
he tied buck skin string to one Of
its feathers, and fastened the other
end to stump. When the bird flew
away it left the feather, which was
forty fathoms long. No other In
dian saw it, for he was careful to keep
1t hid, but the possession of il was
not questioned by the rest, as LIE was
very successful in catching sea otter
According to the Makahs, one of the
principal homes of the bird is on :.